Salk researchers receive prestigious NARSAD Young Investigator Grants

Four Salk researchers have been
awarded highly competitive NARSAD* Young
Investigator Grants from the Brain and Behavior
Research Foundation. The program, which has
been the driving force behind thousands of
scientific achievements, provides resources
to young scientists conducting innovative
neurobiological research that may otherwise
not get funded.

Out of the 1,030 applications received,
only 202 researchers were selected.

Since 1987, the Brain and Behavior
Research Foundation has given nearly $300
million in over 4,000 NARSAD grants to more
than 3,300 scientists around the world. The
grants are among the most competitive in
biomedical research because of the great
ability and career success of the applicants.

"The NARSAD Young Investigator Grants
have led to groundbreaking and important new
research that has improved the lives of people
living with mental illness through enhanced
treatments and therapies and a better understanding
of the causes of mental illness," said
Benita Shobe, president and CEO of the Brain
and Behavior Research Foundation.

* NARSAD is an acronym for National Alliance for
Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, the former
name of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation